It was fun being a baby
boomer...till now. Some of the artists of the '60s and '70's
are revising their hits with new lyrics to accommodate aging
baby boomers.
Herman's Hermits -
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Walker
The Bee Gees -
How Can You Mend a Broken Hip
Bobby Darin -
Splish, Splash, I Was Havin' a Flash
Ringo Starr -
I Get By With a Little Help from Depends
Roberta Flack -
The First Time Ever I Forgot Your Face
Johnny Nash -
I Can't See Clearly Now
Paul Simon -
Fifty Ways to Lose Your Liver
Commodores -
Once, Twice, Three Times to the Bathroom
Marvin Gaye -
I Heard it Through the GrapeNuts
Procol Harum -
A Whiter Shade of Hair
Leo Sayer -
You Make Me Feel Like Napping
The Temptations -
Papa's Got a Kidney Stone
Abba -
Denture Queen
Tony Orlando -
Knock 3 Times on the Ceiling if you Hear Me Fall
Helen Reddy -
I am Woman, Hear me Snore
Willie Nelson -
On the Throne Again
Leslie Gore -
It's My Procedure and I'll Cry if I Want To
Detroit Legends
Detroit Radio Flashbacks
where Detroit radio plays on
Lunch With Gary
For great trivia about growing up in
Detroit in the 50s & 60s - the music, the places we went, the
things we did - check out Gary 's radio show on WPON Walled Lake/Detroit
AM 1460, or live over the Internet, Tuesdays from 12-1 p.m. ET.
Roots and Rhythm.
over 12,000 titles of American roots and early
rock music.
Amazon.com's Vintage Rock and Roll Catalogue
Amazon has compiled a fine selction of collector's CDs.
Wikipedia- The First
Rock and Roll Record
Everything you need to know about the roots of rock and roll
Wikipedia - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped
Rock and Roll
Organized by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame museum curator James Henke
who, according to the Hall, "compiled the list with input from
the museum’s
curatorial staff and numerous rock critics and music experts." The
list is part of a permanent exhibit at the museum, and was envisioned
as part of the museum from its opening in 1995. This list contains
songs from the 1920s through the 1990s.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame- Cleveland Ohio
Since its opening in 1995, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
has established itself as the pre-eminent home for the celebration
and study of rock and roll music. If you ain't been, you need to
go.
HoyHoy- The Birth of Rock and Roll
This site tracks the post war roots of rock and roll.
Classic Motown- 1959- 1986
All things related to the heyday of Motown Records
